Duquesne (0-1) hosts Northern Kentucky (2-0) on Friday, Aug. 31 at 7:00 p.m. on Rooney Field in the Dukes' 2018 home opener. DU follows Friday night's game with a home game vs. Detroit Mercy on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. The Dukes, who opened their 24th season with a 1-0 setback at Marshall on Aug. 24, are 15-5-1 in nonconference home games under sixth year head coach Chase Brooks. The Northern Kentucky and Detroit Mercy games begin a stretch of five in a row at home for the Dukes. Admission to all Duquesne home soccer matches is free.
 

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THE SERIES VS. NORTHERN KENTUCKY

• The is the first meeting between the Dukes and the Norse.
• Northern Kentucky, which won a Division II national championship in 2010, was granted official Division I status in August of this year after completing the four-year D-I transition.

THE SERIES VS. DETROIT MERCY

• This is the third meeting between the Dukes and Titans, with Detroit Mercy holding a 1-0-1 series lead.
• The two played to a 1-1 (2OT) draw at the Diadora Classic in Bowling Green, Ohio on Sept. 1, 2002.
• Detroit Mercy took the second meeting by a 3-2 score on Rooney Field on Sept. 18, 2010.

QUICK HITS

• Duquesne is in its sixth season under head coach Chase Brooks. Brooks has led the Dukes to three Atlantic 10 Conference tournament appearances (2013, 2015 & 2016).
• DU is coming off a 1-0 loss at Marshall on Aug. 24. The Herd scored in the third minute and held on for the win.
• Duquesne is 48-20-9 all-time in nonconference home games (15-5-1 under Brooks).
• The Dukes return six starters in junior forward Zach Hall (17 games/17 starts), junior defender/midfielder Ryan Landry (15/14), senior defender/midfielder Ian Larson (15/15), senior midfielder Noah Mehta (10/10), senior midfielder Austin Stout (17/17) and junior goalkeeper Robbie McKelvey (15/15, 1,280 minutes).
• Hall (13 points, 5 goals) and Larson (11 points, 4 goals) are DU's top returning point-getters and goal scorers.
• Landry (4), Hall (3) and Larson (3) led returnees in assists last season.
• Hall leads the team in career goals with five and career starts with 34. Mehta leads the team in career games with 45.
• The Dukes have 15 first-year players on the 2018 roster including 14 freshmen and junior Pitt transfer M Alec Anselmo. Anselmo played in 30 matches with 16 starts in two seasons with the Panthers.
• Of the 15 newcomers, eight are international players: F Manel Busquets (Spain), M/F Denis Celik (Germany), D/M Nathan Dossantos (Canada), D/M Rob Dymond (New Zealand), D Moritz Kappelsberger (Germany), GK Dominic Nascimben (Australia), M/F Gylfi Stefansson (Iceland) and F Eric Zech (Germany).
• Busquets, Dossantos, Dymond, Kappelsberger, Stefansson and Zech all started the opener at Marshall. Celik saw time off the bench.
• Dymond's best friend and former high school teammate, Alex Greive, is a sophomore M/F for NKU. The Norse, who are coached by Wellington, New Zealand native Stu Riddle, have three New Zealanders on the 2018 roster.
• Overall, DU has 10 international players, including returners seniors Noah Mehta (Canada) and Olav Hovstad (Norway).

UP NEXT

• 8/31 vs. Northern Kentucky
• 9/2 vs. Detroit Mercy
• 9/12 vs. Saint Francis U
• 9/16 vs. Temple
• 9/19 vs. Robert Morris